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The GOP-led tax reform bill moving through Congress that includes a new excise tax on the investment income of private colleges and universities not only affects liberal-leaning institutions but the districts of nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers who support the bill.

With the end of summer fast approaching comes another year of rising college tuition costs and looming student loans. College tuition has increased over the past several decades, but in the last 10 years the average cost of tuition for four-year public colleges and universities has grown at a lower rate than previous decades. Still, the…

While more than half of federal lawmakers are millionaires and their combined median net worth shot up 6.7 percent between 2013 and 2014, there’s at least one way in which many members of Congress can understand the plight of millions of Americans: They owe tens of thousands of dollars in student loans. With the astronomical…

You could say Hillary Clinton is a teacher’s pet. As students return to class from summer break, their teachers, professors and school administrators are following a historical pattern: Those in education tend to give more to Democrats than Republicans. Individuals in the field donated $64.5 million during the last presidential election cycle, and more than…

It’s springtime, and that means thousands of high school students around the country are preparing to take Advanced Placement exams, a product of the College Board. And in March, the College Board announced its plan to introduce a new version of the SAT in 2016. The test will return to its old 1600-point scoring system, have an optional…

Many of the top 10 university recipients of government R&D grants also were top spenders on lobbying compared with other schools — and also were big contributors to federal candidates, parties and outside groups in the 2012 campaign cycle, OpenSecrets.org data shows.

Only the most ardent fan of the University of Colorado at Boulder would pick the 11th-seeded Buffaloes to win the NCAA men’s basketball tourney, even though they have one of the nation’s best rebounders in Andre Roberson.

The colleges and universities competing in the 2010 NCAA men’s basketball tournament aren’t simply hardwood powerhouses. Most are also significant players in the Washington, D.C., lobbying arena, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of federal disclosure data.

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